Thriller

A thriller is hard to define. Many films may seem to be a thriller but have other genre's.

• Snakes on a plane
• Source Code
• Bourne Identity
• Fatal Attraction
• Phone booth
• etc.

Susan Hayward said in a book entitled Key Concepts in Film Studies... "Thriller is a difficult genre to pin down because it covers such a wide range of films. Thrillers are films of suspense... that are supposed to instil terror in the audience." 

ere are various different types of thrillers including:

• Spy thrillers
• Political thrillers
• Conspiracy thrillers
• Legal thrillers 
• Psychological thrillers